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[diffusionx]

Go home George, you're drunk.

Nobody is going to watch a Dunk & Egg TV show.

 

[massoluk]

Go home George, you're drunk.

Nobody is going to watch a Dunk & Egg TV show.

Dunk & Egg is great, I would watch it.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

I do think HBO would sort strip Dunk and Egg of the whimsey, who knows though I hope they try

Dunk be fucking in every third scene.

 

[Drencrom]

How about finishing the damn books before that, George?

 

[Nairume]

I would love to see more GoT after the main series is over, but they just can't focus on the big battles or stories of the past.

Part of what make people like GoT is in the uncertainty of what will happen next. "Will that character die?" "What will happen when he reach that fortress?".

Doing a prequel spinoff of the Mad King or Robert Rebellion would kill all tension or suspense because you already know who lives and who dies.

Eh, this is something that is always thrown around in regards to prequel materials (in part because the very word prequel is most famously associated with bad films), but it's not really true.

On one hand, there's nothing stopping them from doing a rebellion focused story that gives a lot of attention to characters who aren't Robert and Eddard. It'd be a cop out sure, but it's not like the existing series doesn't already give attention to a massive cast of characters.

One the other hand, the Dunk & Egg stories being mentioned here are explicitly about characters who die in a tragic event later in their lives. And that's what makes them even more compelling, because you have these stories about young characters you know are doomed in a very big way. There's no reason that same framing can't work for a Robert and Eddard focused prequel about the Rebellion. A story about Robert's Rebellion becomes even more depressing to see play out because you know what follows.

 

[Sean C]

ROBERT'S REBELLION, GOD DAMMIT

GRRM has already said that won't happen (and they'd need to buy the rights from him).

There's really not much point, anyway. We know how that whole story ends, and it was designed to provide backstory, not to work as a story in its own right.

Dunk be fucking in every third scene.

And he'd probably be witty and cynical.

 

[adj_noun]

How about finishing the damn books before that, George?

When the mountains blow in the wind like leaves

GRRM has already said that won't happen (and they'd need to buy the rights from him).

What?!? BOO! BOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[Decado]

HBO would be DUMB not to cash in and not have a Sean Bean-led show in 2018, espeically since the GoT cash cow is done next year.

That really happening? Seems like things will have to end rather abruptly or be rushed to finish in 2 seasons. And money.

 

[chuckddd]

What do you think George RR Martin is doing right now?

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

why doesn't he just bring in another writer to help him finish this shit? It's been two decades now and he's still struggling, now D&D get to run off and make up like two seasons and good lord we already know what happens when you leave those two to their own devices.

 

[Dabanton]

Don't think his heart is in writing any more GoT, maybe he should bring in a team and finish it off?

 

[RedShift]

Robert's Rebellion wouldn't work really.

Most of the important events happen over the course of a couple of days at the Tourney of Harrenhal. GRRM even said if he ever wrote up the rebellion the tourney would be an entire book on its own.

Plus it would reveal a lot of the big mysteries of the main series (Jon's mama, wtf was up with Rhaegar).

 

[harSon]

I'll take a Sand Snakes spinoff

 

[Grizzlyjin]

If the writing really is on the wall for the main series, HBO would be foolish not to do a spin-off. The show is still ridiculously popular.

 

[RedShift]

I'll take a Sand Snakes spinoff

You want the good spin off. But you need the bad writing.

 

[Jigorath]

Oh good, now George can go develop another show and spend even less time writing the books.

 

[Plywood]

Edit: beaten! damn you chuckddd

 

[QuiteWhittle]

The third Dunk&Egg story would make a great miniseries or film. Not too sure about the other two.

 

[SamVimes]

I'll take a Sand Snakes spinoff

If someone finds a way to spin them off for good the show might be a little better.